Vasu Gounden invited to dinner in honour of visiting Deputy Secretary General of European External Action Service

13 Jul 2017

On 25 May 2017 H.E. Ambassador Cornaro visited ACCORD House.

On 13 July 2017 the Founder and Executive Director of ACCORD, Dr Vasu Gounden, was invited by the European Representative to South Africa, H.E. Ambassador Marcus Cornaro, to a dinner in honour of the visiting Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS), H.E. Ambassador Jean Christophe Belliard. This was the first visit to South Africa by Ambassador Belliard in his capacity as Deputy Secretary General, and it was an opportunity to reinforce and intensify the political engagement under the South Africa – European Union Strategic Partnership. The dinner also provided an opportunity to discuss current affairs taking place on the Continent.

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ACCORD is a South Africa-based civil society organisation, working throughout Africa to bring creative African solutions to the challenges posed by conflict on the continent.

ACCORD’s primary aim is to influence political developments by bringing conflict resolution, dialogue and institutional development to the forefront as an alternative to armed violence and protracted conflict. ACCORD specialises in conflict management, conflict analysis and conflict prevention. We intervene in conflicts through mediation, negotiation, training, research and conflict analysis.